Transport Infrastructure

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 15 January 2009,  Official Report, columns 355-60W, on transport infrastructure, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of using the green slot principle on levels of carbon dioxide emissions.

Jim Fitzpatrick: As set out in the statement of 15 January, the Department for Transport will be consulting on the green slots principle for use in allocating slots created by additional capacity at Heathrow. Subject to the outcome of the consultation, the intention is that the use of green slots will mean that airlines will need to allocate their cleanest and least noisy aircraft to secure priority for slots from the additional capacity at Heathrow.
	Box 3.2 of our latest 'UK Air Passenger Demand and CO2 Forecasts' (published in January 2009) shows the extent to which the fuel efficiency of the newest aircraft—and thereby CO2 emissions—has improved in recent years and is forecast by various independent sources to continue improving in years to come.
	'UK Air Passenger Demand and CO2 Forecasts' is available at:
	http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/aviation/atf/co2forecasts09/
	Aircraft using 'green slots' are likely to be younger than the average and, like for like, there would therefore also be consequential CO2 benefits.

Aircraft Carriers

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 26 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1062W, on future strategic tanker aircraft, what initial payment is specified in the private finance initiative contract relating to the Future Strategic Aircraft Carrier; when he expects that payment to be made; what estimate he has made of his Department's monthly expenditure on invoices to be presented under the contract; and if he will make a statement.

Quentin Davies: Information on the estimated unitary charges over the lifetime of the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) project is recorded centrally on the Treasury's website at:
	http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/ppp_pfi_stats.htm
	The first invoice for the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) programme should be presented in December 2011 with the first payment being made in January 2012.

Binyam Mohamed

Adam Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to paragraph 9 (ix) of the High Court judgment in the case of R (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of 21 August 2008, whether the legal adviser to his Department was requested to give an opinion on UK responsibilities in Afghanistan consequent upon the observations made about the treatment of persons detained by or on behalf of the United States in Afghanistan by an officer of the Secret Intelligence Service.

Bill Rammell: It is the long-standing policy of the Government not to disclose whether legal advisers have given advice, nor whether their advice has been or is going to be sought on any particular issue.

Departmental Policy Advisers

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2009,  Official Report, columns 598-600W, how many policy positions in his Department were  (a) created and  (b) deleted in each financial year since 1997.

David Miliband: The answer of 28 January 2009,  Official Report, columns 598-600W, referred to a centrally co-ordinated exercise to re-deploy staff resource in order to deliver the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) new strategic framework. In addition, all FCO directors routinely keep staffing levels and deployments in their areas under review on an ongoing basis, in the light of changing circumstances and priorities.
	Records of the details of these changes since 1997 could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Guantanamo Bay: Detainees

Andrew Tyrie: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2009,  Official Report, column 2002W, on detainees: Guantánamo Bay, what the names of the two detainees are; and in which country each was held  (a) before and  (b) after rendition through Diego Garcia.

Bill Rammell: holding answer 2 March 2009
	We are unable to provide further information on this matter other than that given by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary in his oral statement of 21 February 2008,  Official Report, column 547. We re-iterate, as said in that statement, that the US government has informed us that neither of these individuals was a British national or a British resident.

India: British Council

Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Prime Minister's announcement on English—the World's language on 17 January 2008, how many new master trainers have been recruited by the British Council in India to date; how many will be recruited over the next two years; how much will be spent by the British Council on new master trainers in India in 2008-09; what the budget for the programme is for the next two years; and if he will make a statement.

Caroline Flint: One of the strategic aims of the British Council's regional English Language project is to train master teacher-trainers of English in all 28 Indian States. To date professional training has taken place in: West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi State Capital, Punjab, Kerala and Tamil Nadu where master-trainers will cascade their learning to teachers across these states. As of March 2009 the programme has trained 1,300 master trainers and learning has been cascaded to 402,000 state school language teachers. Over the next two years a further 1,700 master trainers will be recruited.
	Total direct investment by the British Council in 2008-09 will amount to £75,000 and anticipates making a similar contribution in 2009-10 and 2010-11. To date total contributions from the Indian states involved, both cash and in-kind, have amounted to almost £3 for every £1 the British Council has contributed. The British Council anticipates a similar level of support from them in 2009-10 and 2010-11.

Members: Correspondence

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks of 15 December 2008, on Somalia.

David Miliband: My noble Friend, Lord Malloch-Brown, the Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, replied to the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks on 11 February 2009.

Nuclear Weapons: Arms Control

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking towards multilateral nuclear disarmament.

Bill Rammell: On 4 February 2009, my right hon. Friend, the Foreign Secretary launched a policy information paper entitled "Lifting the Nuclear Shadow" which laid out six concrete steps towards further multilateral nuclear disarmament. We are committed to driving forward progress on these key steps.
	I also refer the right hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Defence Secretary to PQ 228112 on 23 October 2008,  Official Report , columns 476-77W.

Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of reports that the Sri Lankan Government are using cluster bombs in the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the northern region of the country.

David Miliband: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Bill Rammell) on 19 January 2009,  Official Report, column 1176W. The most recent reports from organisations based in the conflict areas suggest that cluster munitions have not been used, however we will continue to follow up with the Government of Sri Lanka.

Written Questions: Government Responses

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to answer Question 246259, tabled on 17 December, on the survey of the UK's reputation in the US, China and India.

David Miliband: The right hon. Member's question 246259 was answered on 12 February 2009,  Official Report, column 2198W.

Members: Correspondence

Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she expects to reply to the letter of 15 January 2009 from the hon. Member for Wycombe on details of the Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder fund.

Hazel Blears: I have now replied to the hon. Member's letter.

Mortgages: Government Assistance

Paul Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 113-4W, on homelessness, how much has been allocated to each eligible local authority as part of the Mortgage Rescue Scheme; what her definition of vulnerable homeowners is; how many applications for funding have been  (a) made to the rescue scheme and  (b) granted support; when the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme will be operational; what role local authorities will play in its delivery; what the eligibility criteria of the rescue scheme are; and if she will make a statement.

Margaret Beckett: The £200 million Government Mortgage Rescue Scheme has been operational across the country since 1 January 2009. Under the scheme's financial structure, funding is not allocated directly to local authorities. Instead, it is drawn down by participating registered social landlord (RSL) providers after negotiations have take place with a household's lender and once a debt management plan has been agreed, the property has been visited and a decision has been taken on the most appropriate form of rescue. In addition, all English local authorities receive a homelessness grant, which forms part of their strategic responsibility to tackle and prevent homelessness effectively.
	The scheme is targeted at vulnerable households who fall within one of three priority need categories and who would be owed a duty by a local authority to secure accommodation under the homelessness legislation (section 189(l)(a)-(c) of the Housing Act 1996) if they became homeless.
	The three priority need categories are that the homeowner must be:
	1. a person with whom dependent children reside or might reasonably be expected to reside;
	2. a pregnant woman or a person with whom she resides or might reasonably be expected to reside; or
	3. a person who is vulnerable as a result of old age, mental illness or handicap or physical disability or other special reason, or with whom such a person resides or might reasonably be expected to reside.
	An informal telephone survey of 60 local authorities was conducted by officials at Communities and Local Government on 18 February 2009. This showed that over 500 applications had been made, resulting in approximately 180 cases meeting the eligibility criteria. Formal monitoring arrangements for all local authorities will be in place this month.
	We expect the Homeowners Mortgage Support Scheme to be open for business with the first lenders in April now that the Banking Act, which is the legislative vehicle we have used to enable us to do this, has gained Royal Assent and the scheme design has been confirmed. The draft Master Guarantee is currently being agreed with lenders. This is a lender-led scheme so we do not expect local authorities to play a direct role in its delivery. The full eligibility criteria are available at:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/buyingselling/mortgagesupportscheme/

Travelling People: Caravan Sites

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 10 February 2008,  Official Report, column 1844W, on Travelling people: caravan sites, what targets for the number of pitches to be provided by each local authority have been included in the most recent draft regional spatial strategies.

Iain Wright: Information illustrating the number of pitches each local authority within a region has been allocated by their respective RSSs can be found by accessing the websites provided as follows.
	 North East
	http://www.gos.gov.uk/gone/planning/regional_planning/
	 North West
	http://www.gos.gov.uk/gonw/Planning/RegionalPlanning/
	 Yorkshire and Humber
	http://www.yhassembly.gov.uk/News/2007/Assembly%20welcomes%20publication%20of%20RSS% 20panel%20report
	 East Midlands
	http://www.gos.gov.uk/goem/psc/suscom/rss/eastmidlandsplan/
	 West Midlands
	http://www.wmra.gov.uk/page.asp?id=47
	 East of England
	http://www.eera.gov.uk/category.asp?cat=120
	 South East
	http://www.southeast-ra.gov.uk/southeastplan/plan/view_plan.html
	 South West
	http://www.southwest-ra.gov.uk/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=836
	 London
	http://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/

Care Homes: Fees and Charges

David Winnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 27 January 2009,  Official Report, columns 15-16WS, on the personal expenses allowance, what level of personal expenses allowance persons in adult social care are entitled to; what plans he has to increase the personal expenses allowance in April; if he will make a provision for a substantial increase; and if he will make a statement.

Phil Hope: The personal expenses allowance (PEA), which is the minimum amount of a care home resident's own money he or she must be left with after charges for residential care have been deducted, is currently £21.15 per week. It is raised annually in line with the increase in average earnings to ensure it retains its value. From 6 April, it will increase to £21.90.
	As my statement of 27 January 2009,  Official Report, columns 15-16WS, made clear, the estimated cost of raising the PEA to £40 a week, for example, is £250 million a year. None of this extra expenditure would increase the availability, choice or quality of care services, or support the transformation of adult social care provision. Focusing finite social care resources on these aims must remain our priority.
	In the longer term, the Government are committed to reforming the care and support system. The forthcoming Green Paper on the future of care and support will consider how care should be funded in the future.

Dementia

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2009,  Official Report, column 640W, on dementia, where the pilot will take place; how much his Department will spend on the pilot; how many advisers will be employed to work on the pilot; by what process such advisers will be recruited; what qualifications he expects such advisers to hold; and how the outcomes of the pilot will be evaluated.

Phil Hope: The Department has allocated £4.5 million to fund demonstration and evaluation of dementia advisers. An announcement about the nature and number of the demonstrator sites will be made in the near future. The Department will commission an evaluation of the demonstrator sites to determine lessons learnt for implementation of the National Dementia Strategy.

Health Services: Republic of Ireland

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 216-17W, on health services: Republic of Ireland, which aspects of the claims process prevent determining whether previous payments the Government has made to the Republic of Ireland were overpayments.

Dawn Primarolo: Under the terms of the bilateral agreement, the United Kingdom makes payments to the Republic of Ireland based on average costs. This is in line with European Union regulations. As calculating average costs and having them agreed in Brussels is a lengthy process, the UK makes payments based on estimates until the process is complete. Until average costs for previous years are formally agreed and current bilateral discussions are completed, it is not possible to establish whether any previous payments the UK has made, represent overpayments.

Health Services: Republic of Ireland

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 216-17W, on health services: Republic of Ireland, when bilateral discussions started; and when they will be completed.

Dawn Primarolo: Bilateral discussions between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland have been ongoing over the last two years. It is hoped that agreement on the substantive points of discussion will be reached before the end of this year.

Health Services: Republic of Ireland

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 216-17W, on health services: Republic of Ireland, what the new evidence which has come to light on payments to be made under the agreement is.

Dawn Primarolo: Under the terms of the bilateral agreement, the United Kingdom makes payments for a number of pensioners in the Republic of Ireland. Part of the bilateral discussions have been about effectively managing demographic changes. For example, due to changes in working history, far more people have an entitlement to an Irish pension. This results in a shift in the liability for healthcare costs.

Medicine: Channel Islands

Brian Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what analysis the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has made of the compatibility of the Medicines (Human and Veterinary) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2008 with the requirements of the European Medicines Directive; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1360W, on dietary supplements: EU law, what the outcome of the meeting between officials from Jersey and officials from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency on 11 February 2009 to discuss implementation of the Medicines Directive in Jersey was; and if he will make a statement.

Dawn Primarolo: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has reviewed the Medicines (Human and Veterinary) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2008 in respect of human medicinal products and believes that it is not consistent with the Medicines Directive 2001/83/EC. The meeting held on 11 February 2009 between officials from Jersey and officials from the MHRA opened discussions on the implementation of the Medicines Directive in Jersey, these discussions are ongoing.

Departmental ICT

Francis Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 12 January 2009,  Official Report, column 238W, on departmental ICT, how many staff in her Department and its agencies have the status of embedded communicators and are not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book.

Phil Woolas: The following table gives details of embedded communicators (members of the Government Communication Network) in these grades not listed in the Central Office of Information White Book. The Identity and Passport Service does not recognise communication grades.
	
		
			   Embedded communicators 
			 Home Office crime reduction and community safety group 4 
			 Office for security and counter-terrorism 5 
			 UK Border Agency 14

Members: Correspondence

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when a reply will be sent to the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood's email to the UK Border Agency of 30 January 2009 on behalf of Amina Mohammed Osman (Home Office Reference Number 01064728, acknowledgement reference B3194/9).

Phil Woolas: The UK Border Agency wrote to the right hon. Member on 26 February 2009.

Risk Analysis UK

Francis Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2009,  Official Report, column 723W, on Risk Analysis UK, what use her Department made of  (a) Kroll Associates,  (b) Risk Analysis UK Ltd. and  (c) other private investigators between June 2001 and May 2005; and for what purposes.

Phil Woolas: From records the Home Department inclusive of its agencies has had no contracts with private investigators, Kroll Associates or Risk Analysis UK Ltd. between June 2001 and May 2005.

Bail Accommodation and Support Service

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  how many  (a) defendants and  (b) offenders have been placed in the ClearSprings bail hostels located in the postcode areas (i) PE4 and (ii) PE2 since 1 April 2008; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Beaconsfield of 3 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1164W, on the Bail Accommodation and Support Service, what steps the Bail Accommodation and Support Service took to advise the hon. Member for Peterborough of the identity of the local authority ward in which the two hostels in the PE4 postcode area operated by ClearSprings were to be brought into use; and if he will make a statement.

David Hanson: Since 1 April 2008 a total of 17 defendants and 10 offenders have been placed at the two private addresses (one of which is reserved for women) provided by ClearSprings in the post code area PE4. Since the same date a total of 18 defendants and 18 offenders have been placed at the two private addresses in post code area PE2.
	I wrote to the hon. Member on 10 April 2008 to advise him that accommodation for those on bail and Home Detention Curfew was available in his constituency and to explain the service. At that time it was not my practice to advise the Ward in which the service was located, but that has been my practice since later that month when advising hon. Members of new addresses being used in their constituency. The two properties in the PE4 postcode area, which are not hostels but private rented houses, are in Paston Ward.

Convictions

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2009,  Official Report, column 835W, on convictions, how the Government determines what methodology is used to estimate the number of people with unspent convictions.

Maria Eagle: There are insufficient data to compile accurate statistics on the number of people with unspent convictions. Therefore no methodology has been established.
	Were an attempt made to produce an accurate estimate this would require collating the sentences imposed for all convictions during the lifetimes of all those alive today (or a significant sample) and then assessing sentences against the periods specified in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act to establish whether or not the convictions have become spent.
	However, as explained in my answer of 25 February 2009,  Official Report, column 836W, centralised data do not go back far enough to provide a basis for accurate estimates (centralised data only go back to 2000 with incomplete data for 1997-99 and no centralised data available from before 1997). Furthermore the data which do exist are stored in an inappropriate format for the purpose of the necessary calculations. Any calculation would be further complicated by the fact that the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act also covers foreign convictions (where in many cases the necessary data are unobtainable). Therefore the Government have not attempted to produce statistics on this area and do not intend to do so.

Departmental Absenteeism

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff of his Department were recorded absent for non-medical reasons on  (a) 2 February 2009 and  (b) 3 February 2009; what estimate he has made of the (i) cost to his Department and (ii) number of working hours lost due to such absence; and what guidance his Department issued to staff in respect of absence on these days.

Michael Wills: The Ministry of Justice does not hold records centrally of non-medical absences. Gathering data on the numbers of staff who were absent for non medical reasons on 2 February 2009 and 3 February 2009 could be achieved only at disproportionate cost.
	General guidance was issued on the day to all managers and staff about the disruption caused by the extreme weather conditions where normal travel arrangements were affected by the weather. Each business area provided local advice to staff, and were then responsible for its implementation.

Judicial Appointments Commission for England and Wales: Recorders

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applicants applying for the position of recorder with the Judicial Appointments Commission in 2008 were solicitors; and of these applicants how many  (a) passed the test on 10 March 2008 and  (b) were selected for appointment.

Jack Straw: In 2008, the Judicial Appointments Commission ran a selection exercise for recorder appointments in the North, North East and Wales.
	433 eligible applications were received; 89 from solicitors.
	220 of the eligible applicants were shortlisted after passing the qualifying test; 42 of these were solicitors.
	76 selections were made; seven of these were solicitors.
	Of the 433 eligible applicants, 30 were salaried judicial officers holders who were formerly solicitors; 20 of these salaried judicial officers were shortlisted after passing the qualifying test and four of these salaried judicial officers were selected.

Judicial Appointments Commission for England and Wales: Recorders

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applicants applying for the position of recorder with the Judicial Appointments Commission in 2008 described themselves as of  (a) white ethnicity,  (b) mixed ethnicity,  (c) Asian or Asian British ethnicity,  (d) Black or Black British ethnicity,  (e) Chinese or Chinese British ethnicity and  (f) of any other background; and how many of these applicants from each category (i) passed the test on 10 March 2008 and (ii) were selected for appointment.

Jack Straw: The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) collects and publishes data on the ethnicity of eligible applicants for judicial office and publishes statistics on the progress of black and minority ethnic (BME) applicants. Statistics relating to the recorder selection exercise for the North, East and Wales were published on the JAC website on 20 February at:
	http://www.judicialappointments.gov.uk/docs/Recorders_(Northern_North_Eastern_Wales)_2008.pdf
	The JAC does not publish statistics relating to BME applicants which further breaks down ethnicity into individual categories, as this would risk the indirect identification of individuals, due to the small numbers contained in some data categories.
	The conditions under which applicants provide diversity information include the assurance that their information will be held in confidence; that it will be used for statistical purposes only and; that it will not be used for making selection decisions. Applicants therefore have a reasonable expectation that their precise ethnic identification would remain confidential.

Judicial Appointments Commission for England and Wales: Recorders

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applicants applying for the position of recorder with the Judicial Appointments Commission in 2008 were female; and of these applicants how many  (a) passed the test on 10 March 2008 and  (b) were selected for appointment.

Jack Straw: In 2008, the Judicial Appointments Commission ran a selection exercise for recorder appointments in North, North Eastern and Wales.
	433 eligible applications were received; 115 were women.
	220 of those eligible applicants were shortlisted after passing the qualifying test; 57 were women.
	76 candidates were selected, of whom, 24 were women.

Members: Correspondence

John Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to reply to the letters of  (a) 15 December 2008 and  (b) 15 January 2009 from the hon. Member for Billericay regarding Mrs. P. Hammond.

Shahid Malik: My noble Friend Lord Bach will write to the hon. Member shortly. I am sorry for the delay in replying.

Shoplifting: Sentencing

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of  (a) males and  (b) females who were convicted of shoplifting received a (i) community sentence, (ii) custodial sentence and (iii) court fine in the last 12 months.

Maria Eagle: The available information is provided in the table.
	Sentencing statistics 2008 will be published towards the end of 2009.
	
		
			  Percentage of offenders given sentence types for shoplifting offences, by sex, 2007 
			   Male  Female 
			 Number of community sentences 14,844 5,699 
			 Percentage of community sentences 32 37 
			
			 Number of immediate custodial sentences 9,245 2,021 
			 Percentage of immediate custodial sentences 20 13 
			
			 Number of suspended sentences 2,357 755 
			 Percentage of suspended sentences 5 5 
			
			 Number of fines 7,875 1,955 
			 Percentage of fines 17 13 
			
			 Total sentenced 47,031 15,295 
			  Notes: 1. This data is on the principle offence basis. 2. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems. 3. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.  Source: CMS Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice

Departmental Data Protection

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 26 February 2008,  Official Report, column 1383W, on departmental data protection, what types of sensitive personal data are exchanged between his Department and local authorities; and for what general purposes.

Jonathan R Shaw: The Department's formal registration with the Information Commissioner lists the types of personal data that are held by the Department and for what purposes, and the bodies with whom, that data may be shared. Local government is listed as a potential recipient for data held under three of the four broad purposes described in the registration. This does not mean that each of the listed types of data is always shared with local authorities: data is only shared where there is a legal power to do so, and a judgment that the sharing of data is both operationally necessary and proportionate. A fuller account of the Department's approach to the use of personal information is contained in "DWP and your personal information", which can be found on the Department's public website, and a copy of which has been placed in the Library.

Disability Living Allowance

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have  (a) claimed and  (b) received disability living allowance as a result of having a child with a behavioural problem in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

Jonathan R Shaw: Entitlement to disability living allowance is not dependent on a diagnosis or condition but relies instead on the care and/or mobility needs arising. In the case of a child with a behavioural problem, needs may arise as a result of physical or mental complications.
	Information about the number of claims for a child with a behavioural problem could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The available information is in the table.
	
		
			  Disability living allowance: number of cases in payment for under 16-year-olds where a behavioural disorder is recorded as the main disabling condition 
			  As at August each year  Number of cases 
			 2001 44,700 
			 2002 52,200 
			 2003 59,500 
			 2004 65,700 
			 2005 70,200 
			 2006 73,000 
			 2007 75,600 
			 2008 75,600 
			  Notes:  1. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred and have been adjusted to be consistent with WPLS data.  2. Although the preferred data source for benefit statistics is 100 per cent. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, the 5 per cent. sample data has been used in this case because it provides some detail not yet available from the 100 per cent. data sources, in particular, more complete information on the disabling condition of disability living allowance claimants.  3. Where more than one disability is present only the main disabling condition is recorded.  4. These statistics are only collected for administrative purposes.  5. Totals show the number of people in receipt of an allowance, and exclude people with entitlement where the payment has been suspended, for example if they are in hospital.  Source:  Department for Work and Pensions, Information Directorate, 5 per cent. sample.

Fuel Poverty

Alan Milburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his most recent estimate is of the number of households in  (a) Darlington constituency,  (b) County Durham and  (c) England in which more than one individual receives the winter fuel allowance.

Rosie Winterton: The information requested is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is in the table that follows.
	The following table shows the total number of individuals who received a winter fuel payment and those who received a shared payment. Figures are for winter 2006-07, the latest year for which figures are available.
	
		
			   Total number of payments  Shared payments 
			 Darlington Constituency 17,760 7,780 
			 County Durham 105,610 47,330 
			 England 10,028,780 4,732,410 
			  Notes: 1. A shared payment is made if there is more than one person entitled in a household. If however, an entitled person is receiving pension credit, income-based jobseeker's allowance or income support then their payment is not shared. in these cases that person receives a full payment. 2. Figures from are rounded to the nearest 10. 3. Parliamentary constituencies and counties are assigned by matching postcodes against the relevant ONS postcode directory.  Source:  Information directorate 100 per cent. data. 
		
	
	We expect that similar numbers of individuals will receive shared winter fuel payments in 2008-09.

Incapacity Benefit

James Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of both incapacity benefit and employment support allowance were aged  (a) under 30 years and  (b) under 40 years old in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how many of them in each case had been in receipt of the benefits for five years or more.

Jonathan R Shaw: The Department for Work and Pensions will be publishing National Statistics on Employment and Support Allowance in summer 2009. The available information is in the table.
	
		
			  Number of incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance claimants by age and duration 
			   November 2007  February 2008  May 2008  August 2008 
			  Less than  30 years 
			 All 325,360 320,640 317,100 318,980 
			 Up to five years 240,760 235,720 232,150 233,720 
			 Five years and over 84,600 84,920 84,950 85,260 
			  
			  30 years to 40 years 
			 All 444,210 437,470 430,950 427,550 
			 Up to five years 224,780 219,530 214,780 213,020 
			 Five years and over 219,430 217,950 216,170 214,530 
			  Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Durations refer to incapacity benefit/severe disablement allowance awards. 3. Data is for GB and abroad.  Source: The Department for Work and Pensions Information Directorate 100 per cent. Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study.

Industrial Injuries: Compensation

Julie Morgan: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to establish a compensation scheme to make provision for the payment of employer liability claims for injury and illness which relate to employers whose insurers cannot be traced.

Tony McNulty: The Government have no plans to introduce such a scheme but are fully committed to ensuring that people who become ill as a result of their work, can receive the compensation to which they are entitled.
	The Code of Practice for Tracing Employers' Liability Insurance Policies enables potential claimants to identify employer's liability policies which they need to claim against. The Department for Work and Pensions monitors the success rate of the Code of Practice, and works with insurers and claimant representatives to improve tracing success rates. For example, we have asked the Association of British Insurers to consider the feasibility of an electronic database for recording details of all future employers' liability insurance policies.

Jobcentre Plus: Labour Turnover

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Jobcentre Plus staff have been  (a) recruited and  (b) made redundant in each Jobcentre Plus region in each (i) year, (ii) month and (iii) quarter since 1 January 2006; and if he will make a statement.

Tony McNulty: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the acting chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, Mel Groves. I have asked him to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.
	 Letter from Mel Groves:
	The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question asking, how many Jobcentre Plus staff have been (a) recruited and (b) made redundant in each Jobcentre Plus region in each (i) year, (ii) month and (iii) quarter since 1 January 2006. This is something that falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Acting Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
	I enclose the information requested. A copy has been placed in the Library.

Vocational Guidance: Autism

Angela Browning: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the contribution of 27 January 2009,  Official Report, column 188, on the Welfare Reform Bill to the hon. Member for Erewash (Liz Blackman), if he will place in the Library a copy of the procedures to be followed by job advisers in helping people with autistic spectrum disorder into work.

Tony McNulty: The administration of Jobcentre Plus is a matter for the acting chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, Mel Groves. I have asked him to provide the hon. Member with the information requested.
	 Letter from Mel Groves:
	The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your question requesting that a copy of the procedures to be followed by job advisers in helping people with autistic spectrum disorder into work, be placed in the Library. This is something which falls within the responsibilities delegated to me as Acting Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus.
	There is no single set of procedures to be followed by advisers which are solely focused on helping people with autistic spectrum disorder into work. Jobcentre Plus policy is to develop our people in the skills required to manage a range of behaviours demonstrated by customers, covering a variety of health conditions. This approach ensures that they are equipped to deal with a diverse set of circumstances whilst treating customers as individuals. Skilled employment advisers look at the interaction between the person, the job and an individual's ability. Advisers ensure that job goals relate to the person's abilities and that relevant solutions are identified in order to overcome any barriers a customer might face in a particular job.
	The learning programme for Jobcentre Plus advisers focuses on raising awareness of the customer's personal circumstances and the impact on their ability to move into a sustainable job. Jobcentre Plus also recognises that disabilities and health conditions can affect individuals in different ways. Guidance for advisers includes background information on a number of conditions, including Autistic Spectrum Disorder, the implications for interviews and how to use questioning techniques in order to support customers. Disability Employment Advisers, who focus on customers needing more extensive support, receive further levels of skills training appropriate to their customers, including skills practice in interviewing an autistic person to ensure key learning points are communicated in an effective way.
	I have placed in the Library copies of the autism guide notes for advisers and those for Disability Employment Advisers.
	The Department for Work and Pensions is a Gold member of the Employers Forum on Disability and will be fully engaged with a forthcoming autism telephone tutorial being held by the Forum on 2 April 2009. Jobcentre Plus staff will be encouraged to access this event and it will be publicised on the Jobcentre Plus intranet site, so that full advantage of this learning opportunity is taken. This will help develop an even greater understanding of autism and the issues related to employment. I will also ensure that any developments which come from the question and answer sessions are made available to advisers.

Written Questions: Government Responses

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to answer question 251164, tabled on 21 January 2009, on payment of jobseeker's allowance to prisoners on release.

Tony McNulty: holding answer 23 February 2009
	 I replied to the hon. Member's question on 23 February 2009,  Official Report, column 354W.

Members: Correspondence

Simon Burns: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to Question 256515, tabled on 9 February 2009, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 24 November 2008 on his constituent Mr. Alan Briggs of Walford Place, Chelmsford.

Patrick McFadden: I responded to the hon. Member on 27 February.

Departmental Training

Greg Hands: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2009,  Official Report, column 586W, on departmental training, what the cost of the three courses was; and which Ministers attended each course.

Angela Eagle: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 11 February 2009,  Official Report, column 2102W.

Members: Correspondence

Gerald Kaufman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 5 January 2009 on Mr. E. Warne.

Stephen Timms: Due to the large volume of correspondence received on these issues, there has been a delay in sending some responses. The Treasury hopes to be in a position to reply to the right hon. Member shortly.

Members: Correspondence

Michael Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter dated 1 December 2008 from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead on tax codes.

Stephen Timms: HM Revenue and Customs replied to the hon. Member on 27 February.

Members: Correspondence

Simon Burns: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 15 December 2008, on his constituent, Ms Pippa Cuckson of Great Leighs, Chelmsford.

Angela Eagle: Due to the large volume of correspondence received on these issues there has been a delay in sending some responses. The Financial Services Secretary hopes to be in a position to reply to the hon. Member shortly.

Members: Correspondence

Simon Burns: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 4 December 2008, on his constituent, Mr. Peter Lee, of Great Waltham, Essex.

Ian Pearson: I have replied to the hon. Member.

Members: Correspondence

Simon Burns: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2009,  Official Report, columns 907-08W, on Members: correspondence, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 20 October 2008 on his constituent, Mr. Peter Vickers of Chelmsford.

Angela Eagle: Due to the large volume of correspondence received on these issues there has been a delay in sending some responses. The Financial Services Secretary hopes to be in a position to reply to the hon. Member shortly.

Building Schools for the Future Programme

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his estimate was on 1 April 2008 of capital expenditure on schools in  (a) 2008-09 and  (b) 2009-10 for (i) Building Schools for the Future and (ii) all other schools capital spending; what his latest estimate is of the likely outturns for 2008-09 and 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Knight: The following table sets out the Department's forecast capital spend at the start of the current financial year, compared with the current forecast, for 2008-09 and 2009-10. The change in 2009-10 is mainly due to the Government's fiscal stimulus plans, where about £0.8 billion is being brought forward. As these are forecasts, they are subject to change.
	
		
			  £ billion 
			   2008-09 f orecast  2009-10 f orecast 
			  Description  April 2008  December 2008  April 2008  December 2008 
			 Building Schools For the Future, including Academies (excluding PFI) 1.3 1.2 2.2 2.3 
			 Other Capital Allocations 3.8 3.7 4.1 4.8 
			 Total 5.1 4.9 6.3 7.1 
			  Notes: 1. The table excludes PFI credits of around £1.3 billion available each year, as the funding to support these is provided to local authorities as revenue from the Department of Communities and Local Government. 2. The increase in the 2009-10 forecast spend from £6.3 billion to £7.1 billion includes £0.8 billion to be advanced from 2010-11 to 2009-10.

Children in Care: Primary Education

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many primary school pupils at key stage 2 have been children in care in each year since 2000; and how many of those were among the 5 per cent. identified as most talented.

Beverley Hughes: Data published by the Department as SFR 23/2008: "Children looked after in England (including adoption and care leavers) year ending 31 March 2008", shows 47,600 children aged between five and 19 as being looked after by local authorities as at 31 March 2008. The source of this publication is the SSDA903, which does not collect information on whether a child is part of their school's gifted and talented cohort. Information on gifted and talented pupils is, however, collected in the School Census which also collects information on whether a child is in care whilst at their school.
	The most recent census data relates to January 2008. The census shows 34,390 pupils aged five to 19 attending primary, secondary and special schools who are classed as being in care as at January 2008. The School Census does not cover all looked after children; information is not collected for pupils in alternative provision, including pupil referral units, FE colleges, voluntary provision and those not in education or training. These differences in coverage will explain the different counts to an extent, but it is possible that the School Census undercounts the number of looked after children in primary, secondary and special schools.
	The information available is shown in the following table. Information on gifted and talented pupils was first collected for primary and secondary schools in 2007 therefore information for the last five years is not available.
	
		
			  Maintained primary and state-funded secondary schools:( 1,2 ) Number and percentage of pupils who have and have not been in care in their current school and of those the number which are gifted and talented—Position in January each year 2007 and 2008, England 
			   Maintained primary schools( 1) 
			   Pupils who have not been in care in their current school  Pupils who have been in care at their current school( 3) 
			   Total pupils  Gifted and talented  Percentage  Total pupils  Gifted and talented  Percentage 
			 2007 4,093,410 281,730 6.9 17,340 676 3.9 
			 2008 4,072,790 330,910 8.1 17,610 764 4.3 
		
	
	
		
			   State-funded secondary schools( 1,2) 
			   Pupils who have not been in care in their current school  Pupils who have been in care at their current school( 3) 
			   Total Pupils  Gifted and talented  Percentage  Total Pupils  Gifted and talented  Percentage 
			 2007 3,307,280 415,760 12.6 18,350 782 4.3 
			 2008 3,276,010 447,790 13.7 18,570 791 4.3 
			 (1 )Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes city technology colleges and academies. (3) There is a degree of under-reporting in the School Census return of pupils who are looked after compared to the two main statistical collections on looked after children. The figures here show those pupils who are or who have been in care whilst at their current school.  Notes: 1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Information on gifted and talented status is not collected from Special Schools.  Source: School Census

GCSE

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils in  (a) independent and  (b) maintained schools received five or more GCSE grades A* to C including English, mathematics, science and a foreign language in each of the last five years.

Jim Knight: The requested information can be provided only for pupils at the end of their Key Stage 4 studies going back to 2005, data earlier than 2005 are on a different basis and therefore not comparable.
	The percentage of pupils who achieved five or more grades A* -C including English, mathematics, science and a foreign language is as follows:
	
		
			  Percentage 
			   Maintained schools  Independent schools 
			 2008 22.7 36.4 
			 2007 22.1 47.4 
			 2006 23.2 60.4 
			 2005 25.3 66.8

General Certificate of Secondary Education

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils at pupil referral units did not achieve an A*-G grade at GCSE in either English or mathematics in the most recent year for which records are available.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: Of the 6,943 pupils reported to be at the end of key stage 4 who were registered solely in pupil referral units in 2008, 1,696 did not achieve a grade A*-G in GCSE mathematics, 1,903 did not achieve a grade A*-G in English.

History: Education

Nick Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2008,  Official Report, columns 181-3W, on history: education, in which local authority area each of the schools listed is located; and how many and what percentage of pupils in each school are eligible to receive free school meals.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The requested information has been placed in the Libraries.

Special Educational Needs

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009 to Question 256442, which school had more than 400 pupils.

Jim Knight: The school which had more than 400 pupils was Selly Oak Special School (URN 103613) in Birmingham.

Special Educational Needs: Private Sector

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009,  Official Report, columns 470-74W, on special educational needs: private sector, in which local authority area each of the schools listed is located.

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The 228 independent schools catering wholly or mainly for pupils with special educational needs which opened between 1 September 2005 and 31 August 2008 are listed alphabetically below in local authority order.
	The Education Act 2002 amended the definition of an independent school to include institutions providing full time education for one or more pupils with a statement of special educational needs or a looked after child. This resulted in a number of children's homes which provide education on the premises registering as independent schools.
	
		
			   Name 
			 Barking and Dagenham Hopewell School 
			 Barnet Southover Partnership School 
			 Barnsley Dove Adolescent Services 
			 Bedfordshire Trent Lodge(1) 
			 Birmingham Birmingham Rathbone Society 
			 Birmingham Merecroft School 
			 Birmingham Swan Lodge 
			 Birmingham Trade Based Training 
			 Blackburn with Darwen Darwen School 
			 Blackpool Pennsylvania House 
			 Bolton Booth Greencorns Independent School 
			 Bolton Newfields School 
			 Bradford Meadowcroft School 
			 Bradford The Elms 
			 Bradford The Old Gables(1) 
			 Brighton and Hove Springboard Education Junior 
			 Bristol City of Encompass Education 
			 Bristol City of Greenfields 
			 Bromley The Tutorial Foundation 
			 Buckinghamshire Education and Youth Services Ltd. (4) 
			 Bury Pathfinders School 
			 Bury Primrose Cottage 
			 Calderdale Elland House School 
			 Cambridgeshire Castle Lodge School 
			 Cambridgeshire March House 
			 Cambridgeshire On Track Training Centre 
			 Cambridgeshire Shelldene House School 
			 Cambridgeshire Waypoint House(1) 
			 Camden Gloucester House the Tavistock Childrens Day Unit 
			 Cheshire Brook House Farm 
			 Cheshire Dane House 
			 Cheshire Oracle 
			 Cornwall T Plus Centre (Taliesin Education) 
			 Coventry Rowan House 
			 Croydon Arvon House(1) 
			 Croydon Hillcrest London School 
			 Croydon Hillcrest Norwood(1) 
			 Croydon St. Annes Independent PRU 
			 Croydon Thornton Heath College 
			 Cumbria Education and Youth Services Ltd., Carlisle 
			 Cumbria Kirby Moor School 
			 Darlington Pear Tree School 
			 Derbyshire Arnfield Independent School 
			 Derbyshire Boyd House(1) 
			 Derbyshire Glendale House 
			 Derbyshire The Linnet Independent Learning Centre 
			 Derbyshire The Meadows 
			 Devon Moorlands School 
			 Devon On Track Training Centre 
			 Doncaster York House 
			 Durham The Daltons(1) 
			 Ealing Insights Education Centre 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire Sycamore House 
			 East Sussex Jemini Response 
			 East Sussex The Firs(1) 
			 Essex Essex Fresh Start 
			 Essex Oasis School 
			 Gloucestershire Althea Park Education Unit 
			 Gloucestershire The Cornerstone 
			 Gloucestershire Three Castles College 
			 Halton 110 Peel House Lane Green Corns 
			 Halton 47 Lowerhouse Lane—Green Corns 
			 Halton 62 Peelhouse—Green Corns 
			 Halton Fair Holme 
			 Halton Greenway Green Corns 
			 Halton Halton House School 
			 Halton Halton View Green Corns 
			 Halton Liverpool Green Corns 
			 Halton Lunts Heath—Greencorns 
			 Halton Middleton Lodge 
			 Halton Saxon Road Green Corns(1) 
			 Halton South Parade Green Corns(1) 
			 Hampshire Hillcrest—Hayling Island 
			 Hampshire Tadley Horizon 
			 Hartlepool Hartlepool School Education and Vocational Training Centre 
			 Hertfordshire Education and Youth Services (Herts) 
			 Hertfordshire Worldshapers Academy 
			 Kensington and Chelsea Snowflake School 
			 Kent Alexandra House(1) 
			 Kent Arundel House 
			 Kent Farm Cottage 
			 Kent Ferndearle 
			 Kent Haven House At Meadowcroft 
			 Kent Hobbit House 
			 Kent Hope View School 
			 Kent Pumping Station School 
			 Kent Seameadows 
			 Kent Shalom Place 
			 Kent St. Nicholas Lodge (Broadstairs) 
			 Kent The Annex School House 
			 Kent The Ashbrook Centre 
			 Kent The Boulters Learning and Skills Centre 
			 Kent The Symbol Academy 
			 Kent The Willows 
			 Kent Toadstool Cottage(1) 
			 Kent Victoria House 
			 Kent Wilford Court 
			 Kirklees Rosedale Co Central Office 
			 Lancashire Broadclough Lodge 
			 Lancashire Cumberland School 
			 Lancashire Granville Greencorns(1) 
			 Lancashire Keyes Barn 
			 Lancashire Oliver House School 
			 Lancashire Park View School 
			 Lancashire Regent School—Green Corns 
			 Lancashire Roselyn House School 
			 Lancashire Seaview Learning Centre 
			 Lancashire Spring Vale School 
			 Lancashire The Birches 
			 Lancashire The Evaglades 
			 Lancashire Trax Academy 
			 Lancashire Waidshouse Greencorns Independent School(1) 
			 Leicester Gryphon School 
			 Leicestershire Claybrook Cottage School 
			 Leicestershire Hazel House 
			 Leicestershire Sketchley Horizon 
			 Leicestershire The Cedars 
			 Leicestershire Trinity College 
			 Lincolnshire Midsummer House School 
			 Lincolnshire Yail (Gainsborough) 
			 Medway Blue Skies School 
			 Newham Laurel Leaf School 
			 Norfolk Lovells Hall 
			 Norfolk Stubbs House Education Unit 
			 Norfolk The Close(1) 
			 North Lincolnshire Barton School 
			 North Lincolnshire Demeter House 
			 North Yorkshire Learning To Listen 
			 Northumberland Howard House 
			 Nottinghamshire Blue Mountain Education 
			 Nottinghamshire Hill Farm College 
			 Nottinghamshire Hope House School 
			 Nottinghamshire Middlehey 
			 Nottinghamshire Newbridge House(1) 
			 Nottinghamshire Nookin Cottage(1) 
			 Nottinghamshire The Old Farmhouse 
			 Nottinghamshire Villa Real Farmhouse 
			 Oldham The Croft 
			 Oxfordshire Chilworth House School 
			 Peterborough Windsor House 
			 Rochdale Alder Meadow Green Corns Independent School 
			 Rochdale Argyle—Green Corns(1) 
			 Rochdale Bankfield 
			 Rochdale Banks Croft School 
			 Rochdale Bernard—Green Corns(1) 
			 Rochdale Cronkeyshaw—Green Corns 
			 Rochdale Elmsfield 
			 Rochdale Fox—Green Corns(1) 
			 Rochdale Further Heights—Green Corns 
			 Rochdale Gloucester—Green Corns 
			 Rochdale Great Howarth College(1) 
			 Rochdale Moorgate 
			 Rochdale Norden Way 
			 Rochdale Park Hill—Green Corns 
			 Rochdale Pathfinders School 
			 Rochdale Peppercorn(1) 
			 Rochdale Pilsworth—Green Corns 
			 Rochdale Pleasant Street 
			 Rochdale Queens Park—Green Corns 
			 Rochdale Rooley Moor—Green Corns 
			 Rochdale Roughbank Farm 
			 Rochdale Shellfield Green Corns 
			 Rochdale Summit Greencoms 
			 Rochdale Thames—Green Corns 
			 Rochdale The Barn Greencoms 
			 Rochdale Weston—Green Corns 
			 Rochdale Whitebeam School—Green Corns(1) 
			 Rutland The Shires At Stretton 
			 Rutland Wilds Lodge School 
			 Salford Aim Habonim 
			 Sandwell Bloomfield College 
			 Shropshire Condover Horizon School(1) 
			 Shropshire David Banks School(1) 
			 Shropshire Farleigh College 
			 Shropshire Flying High 
			 Shropshire Hillgate Farm 
			 Shropshire Hollyoaks(1) 
			 Shropshire Hurst Farm 
			 Shropshire New Options (Higford) School 
			 Shropshire The Evolution Centre 
			 Shropshire The Stubbs 
			 Shropshire Ty Newydd 
			 Shropshire Whitty Tree House 
			 Solihull The Island Project School 
			 Somerset Aethelstan College 
			 Somerset Continuum School Somerset 
			 Somerset Lillesdon School 
			 Somerset Staddons School 
			 Somerset Willows 
			 Southampton Cornerstone School 
			 Southampton The Serendipity Centre 
			 Southend-on-Sea Trinity Lodge 
			 Staffordshire Corporation Farmhouse(1) 
			 Staffordshire Highfields 
			 Staffordshire Hillcrest Kings Bromley 
			 Staffordshire Horizon School 
			 Stockport Ivy Cottage Residential School(1) 
			 Suffolk Acorn Cottage 
			 Suffolk Broadlands Hall 
			 Suffolk Gable End 
			 Surrey Kisimul School 
			 Surrey Papillon House 
			 Surrey Unsted Park School 
			 Tameside Lime Meadows 
			 Telford and Wrekin Eastgate House 
			 Telford and Wrekin Jigsaw School 
			 Wakefield Dove Adolescent Services(1) 
			 Wakefield Stone House School 
			 Warrington Fitzwalter Greencorns 
			 Warrington Fletcher Street Greencorns 
			 Warrington High Trees 
			 Warrington Hunt Close Greencorns(1) 
			 Warrington Kingsway Greencorns 
			 Warrington Park View 
			 Warrington The Gables 
			 Warrington Warrington School 
			 Warrington Willoughby School 
			 Warwickshire Valley House 
			 West Sussex Ark House 
			 West Sussex My Choice School—Kestral House 
			 West Sussex My Choice School—Ocean Pearl 
			 West Sussex My Choice School—Shopham Bridge Farmhouse(1) 
			 West Sussex Provident House School 
			 West Sussex The Amicus School 
			 West Sussex The Education Centre(1) 
			 Westminster The Westside Independent School 
			 Wiltshire Sherant Education 
			 Wiltshire The Farringdon Centre 
			 (1) These schools are no longer open.